Adjustable hammock-support



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-T. L. JENNISON.

ADJUSTABLE HAMMOGK SUPPORT.

Patented June 13, 1882.l

www/ses Mfg/M TATES Unire TIMOTHY L. JENNISON,

OF FOXCROFT, MAINE.

ADJUSTABLE HAMMOCK-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 259,314, dated June 13,1882.

Application tiled March 22, 1832.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, TIMOTHY L.- JENNIsoN, ot'Foxcroft, in the county of Piscataquis and State of Maine, have inventeda new and usefulAdjustable Hammock-Support; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhichvFigure l represents the link which is to be attached to the endofthe rope which fastens around a tree or hammockstandard. Fig. 2represents the link which is lo be attached to the hammock, and aroundthe large end ot' which the hammock is to be woven. Fig. 3 shows a Viewin elevation of lny invention with one end attached to a tree, the otherattached to the hammock, with the hammock end facing, so as to show theshape of link and mode of fastening. Fig. 4 represents two links,(marked d and 0,) which will go with the adjustable ha1nmock-support, tobe attached to houses, piaznas, and other stationary objects which therope cannot be put around.

lThe object of my invention is to furnish a hammocksupport which iseasily attached at either end, instantly adjusted by raising or loweringeither end, and as easily and quickly detached from the hammock by thecombination of the knotted rope c, as represented in Fig. 3, with thelink D, as represented in said figure, and the link c, to which thehammock is attached, as represented in said gure, the

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links b and c also being represented in the accompanying drawings byFigs. l and 2.

The link b is large at one end and small at the other, so that theknotted rope, being thrown once or twice around the tree and passedthrough the large end, slips into the small end of the lilik, catchingonto a knot, and remaining fast. The other end ofthe rope is simplypassed through the link attached to the hammock, catching on the knot atthe end.

As will be readily seen by referring to the drawings, the hammock isadjusted, raised, or lowered by simply sliding the link over the knotsat either end of the rope.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A hammock combined with a support o1 sling having knots orprojections along its body portion, and provided at its ends withattachingmechanism, substantially as described, whereby the hammock canbe adjusted to fixed positions.

2. An adjusting support or sling for hammocks, consisting ot' a ropeknotted along its body portiomand provided at each end with. anattaching-link whose openingis contracted at one end and expanded at theother, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

TIMOTHY L. JENNISON.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS G. LEBROKE, JOHN h. ARNOLD.

